Crumb trail

A crumb trail is a way to make it clear to the visitor of a web page exactly where he is within a hierarchically structured website. The website has been arranged according to the different topics and where appropriate subtopics, each with its own page. By first going to the main page, then to the topic page and finally to the subtopic page, the user follows the site's hierarchy. You can make the path followed visible.

The result is called a crumb trail.

The crumb trail is a separate zone in the layout at the bottom left of the menu.

When the site is opened in 'Full screen' mode, the crumb trail is not shown. The crumb trail is made up of the default menu path, in which each menu item is an item in the crumb trail. Each item is separated by a '-'.

Example:

Services - Courses - Course schedule.

If a menu item is linked to a page, you can open the page by clicking the menu item in the crumb trail.

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Activate the crumb trail

It can happen that at a lower level the crumb trail is missing. The site manager can change this in the properties of the page:

To activate the crumb trail:

  1. Open the site.
  2. Click on: Log on.
  3. Log on with the username and password.
  4. Click on: Site management.
  5. Open the page where you want to make the crumb trail visible.
  6. Click on: Edit (in the Page frame).
  7. Click on: Properties.
  8. Select a value for copy the Copy from page field in the Context frame.
  9. Click on: Publish.
  10. Click on: Yes.
Hide the crumb trail

In InSite & OutSite you can hide the crumb trail.

To hide the crumb trail:

  1. Open the site.
  2. Click on: Log on.
  3. Log on with the username and password.
  4. Click on: Site management.
  5. Click on: Layout.
  6. Click on: Menu in the Site frame.
  7. Deselect the Display breadcrumb trail check box.
  8. Click on: Modify.
  9. Click on: Publish.
  10. Click on: Yes.